Venezia F.C. — circa 1995/96 (Italy)

Below is a concise summary of Venezia during the mid-1990s, focused on the 1995/96 period and head coach Gian Franco Bellotto.

• Club name: Venezia F.C. (commonly referred to as Venezia)
• Country / Region: Italy — city of Venice (Veneto)
• Season: 1995/96 (mid-1990s era)
• Head coach / Manager: Gian Franco Bellotto

Context and performance

• Gian Franco Bellotto, an experienced Italian coach and former midfielder, managed Venezia in the mid-1990s. His tenure was part of a period when the club moved between Serie B and Serie C1 (then called Serie C1) and sought stability and promotion.
• In the seasons around 1995/96 Venezia were competing in the lower professional tiers of Italian football (Serie B or Serie C1 depending on exact season outcomes and promotions/relegations). The club’s aim during this era was consolidation and building toward promotion to Serie B (and later ambition for Serie A in the following decade).
• Squad composition typically combined experienced Italian professionals and promising young players from the region; the club was not among the financial heavyweights but relied on strong organization, coaching and local support.

Notable aspects of the club in that era

• Home ground: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, Venice — one of Italy’s oldest stadiums, uniquely accessible by boat as well as by road.
• Club colours: the distinctive orange (arancionero) and black (sometimes green-black historically) strips associated with Venezia.
• Management style: coaches like Bellotto emphasized tactical organization and compact play to compete effectively against wealthier clubs in the same division.

Gian Franco Bellotto — brief profile

• Former professional midfielder who became a coach with experience across several Italian clubs, particularly in Serie B and Serie C.
• Known for pragmatic tactics, focus on defensive organization and maximizing limited resources at smaller clubs.
• His spell at Venezia is one of several managerial positions he held throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

Sources and verification

• For match-by-match records, league tables and exact squad lists for 1995/96, consult historical databases (e.g., RSSSF, national federation archives), contemporary newspapers, or club historical pages.

This summary provides the key facts about Venezia and coach Gian Franco Bellotto around the 1995/96 season. For detailed match results, full squad lists, or specific statistics from that season I can retrieve or format those if you want them presented.